Margarita van Dam

Margarita van Dam

Creative Operations & Client Lead @ Monks

About

Creative Operations Lead | Brand & Marketing Ops | Global Delivery (30+ markets) | Budget €600–700k | Monday • Bynder • Miro | MBA 🚀 Converting ideas into reality | Turning creative chaos into predictable delivery I turn big ideas into seamless execution. With 17+ years of experience across global branding, marketing, and creative operations, I’ve helped shape creative visions that drive real business results. Because I’ve spent years in the creative trenches, I understand what it takes to bring ideas to life — from concept to launch. That hands-on experience allows me to craft clear, actionable briefs, guide teams efficiently, and bridge the gap between creative ambition and commercial goals. I also tap into a diverse global network of creative talent — from designers and copywriters to filmmakers and digital innovators — to build the right team for every challenge. I believe in turning creativity into impact through structure, clarity, and collaboration — transforming chaos into momentum and ideas into results. 🔹 Red Dot Award Winner – ING’s Unbanking a Bank campaign 🔹 Brand & Marketing Ops Expert – L'OR brand launch, rebranding of Jacobs, Lipton, Aegon 🔹 Innovation in Action – launched AR mobile app Nissan & Infiniti 🔹 Sustainable Communications Advocate – Ad Net Zero Essentials Certified | Driving climate-conscious brand strategies & responsible marketing I believe in the power of creativity with purpose—blending innovation, strategy, and sustainability to create meaningful brand experiences. Let’s rethink, reimagine, and reshape the future of marketing.

Country

Netherlands

City

Amsterdam

Industry

Design

Skill

Annual Report Production, Sustainability Communications, Cross-functional Collaborations, Creative Operations, ESG Data Translation, Quality Assurance, Briefing, Решение задач, Высшее руководство, Менеджмент, Корпоративные коммуникации, Video Production, Photo Shoots, Casting, Creative Concept Design, Corporate Branding, Graphic Design, Creative Problem Solving, Project Management, Process Optimization

Experience

Monks

Creative Operations & Client Lead

Monks

LinkedIn
2026-3 - Present · 7 mos

Amsterdam Area

Leading AI-driven creative operations for McArthurGlen designer outlets.

DartDesign

Senior Creative Project Manager – Sustainability Storytelling & Corporate Reporting

DartDesign

LinkedIn
2025-9 - 2026-3 · 7 mos

• Partnered with the client team to align sustainability and corporate reporting strategy, then translated requirements into clear briefs and content structure for designers and writers. • Strengthened evidence-led sustainability storytelling by refining visuals and messaging for clarity, coordinating inputs and review cycles. • Contributed hands-on in F19 and supported reporting production workflows by coordinating specialist handoffs between Workiva content workflows and InDesign layout production, keeping outputs consistent and production-ready.

Total Design

Senior Client Manager Branding Int

Total Design

LinkedIn
2021-12 - 2024-7 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Leading external & internal branding projects for the clients; • Branding, Communication; • Graphic design, motion design, video production • Managing budgets and creative teams; Launching “Sustainability at heart strategy” at ING across brand touchpoints. Rebranding of Aegon group

KARL LAGERFELD

Sn. Integrated Creative Producer

KARL LAGERFELD

LinkedIn
2021-9 - 2021-11 · 3 mos

Produced and managed integrated marketing content across print, retail, and digital. Management of Fashion Photo & Video shoots, CGI; Budget management, ensuring creative intent and technical excellence across channels.

SGS & Co

Key Account Manager Unilever Europe

SGS & Co

LinkedIn
2018-10 - 2020-5 · 1 yr 8 mos

Strategic Design, Adoptive design, Artwork creation, CGI for e-commerce; Owned budgets, invoicing and revenue forecasting, maintaining financial oversight across multiple workstreams and ensuring alignment with contracted scopes. Coordinated delivery flows across multiple agencies and production partners, aligning ways of working, timelines and dependencies to support predictable, scalable delivery.

JDE Peet's

R&D packaging design R&G, Beans & tea

JDE Peet's

LinkedIn
2017-11 - 2018-7 · 9 mos

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

• Process design; Recourse planning; • Stakeholder alignment: Factories, Suppliers, Procurement; • Leading a cultural shift for creation best in class technical specs, team coaching;

JDE Peet's

R&D Artwork Project Manager

JDE Peet's

LinkedIn
2016-5 - 2018-7 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Managing of timelines/planning/ production of artworks for packaging Internal stakeholder management: Marketing, Operations, Legal; External stakeholder management: Design agencies, Prepress agencies, Printers; Responsible for redesign projects for Jacobs, Maxwell House, L’OR roll out. NPD roll outs, Packaging productivity projects; Print trials: Gravure, Offset, Flexo Materials: Flexible’s, Paper, Glass, Carton Metal.

consultant

Consultancy Design, Marketing, Branding

consultant

2015-3 - 2016-5 · 1 yr 3 mos

Bain and Company; Consultancy: Market insights. Friesland Campina: Marketing project, Brand research. Publicis (Nike store factory campaign); Creative Agency Europe Staples: campaign development. E-Learning Design: IA, UX design, DTP

CMC Group Europe

Desktop Publishing Specialist

CMC Group Europe

LinkedIn
2015-8 - 2015-11 · 4 mos

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Project Management Team member, responsible for the following work streams: DTP, Graphic Design both on-line application and printing materials for Japanese Automotive industry.

Nyenrode Business University

International MBA

Nyenrode Business University

LinkedIn
2013-10 - 2014-9 · 1 yr

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Strong focus on International Leadership, stakeholder alignment skills, innovative business processes and innovative technologies, operating under time pressure.

Fitness House

Creative director, design,marketing and branding

Fitness House

2012-9 - 2013-10 · 1 yr 2 mos

St. Petersburg

• General management, • Brand strategy development and implementation for existed business units and newly acquired once. • Rebranding and implementation of new brand architecture. • Execution of all Marketing campaigns & Events: on­line & off­line channels; • Execution of Interior and exterior design projects related to corporate branding; • Maintaining beneficial relations/ Negotiations/ Strategic partnerships. • Internal stakeholder alignment: (Marketing Department with Customer relationships department, Sales, Finance).

Education

Nyenrode Business University

Nyenrode Business University

LinkedIn

Business Administration and Management, General

2013 - 2014 · 1 yr

Business strategy, International Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Competition Law, Finance, Supply chain management, Operations, Information and innovation, Cross cultural consumer behavior, Accounting and control, Leadership development, Project management, Organizational dynamics, International modules, Meet the CEO, etc.

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